Author
Sadīd al-Dīn Muhammad ibn Mas‘ud al-Qazarouni
Publication Date
1 Friday II 843 AH)
Subject
1
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 14154, ff 5v-242r
Record ID
vdc_100066152341.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
1 Friday II 843 AH)
Notes
Commentary by Sadīd al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Mas‘ūd al-Kāzarūnī (Sadīd al-Dīn Muhammad ibn Masoud al-Kāzīrūnī; d. 1357) on Ibn al-Nafīs’ (Ibn al-Nafīs; d. 1288)
Mūjiz al-Qānūn
(Summary of the Law), an epitome of Avicenna's (Ibn Sīnā, Avicenna; d. 1037)
Canon of Medicine
(Law in Medicine).
For the title see f. 6r, line 16.
The copy was completed in Herat on Thursday 1 Jumādá II 843/9 (?) November 1439 by Ibn Muḥammad Amīr al-Kātibī al-Qazwīnī (Ibn Muhammad Amir al-Katibi al-Qazwini), who tells us he was at that time far from his family and homeland (see
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 242r, lines 5-11, transcribed below). A note by the scribe's hand in the left-hand margin of f. 242r identifies his homeland as Qazvīn, and states that he left it on Thursday 30 Dhū al-Qa‘dah 842/14 May 1439 in order to study medicine at Herat where he arrived on Sunday 15 Muḥarram 843/28 June 1439 and began working on the present text with an unnamed teacher on Monday 25 Muḥarram 843/8 (?) July 1439.
The text is divided into four sections (Arts) following the four sections of Ibn al-Nafīs'
Mūjiz
. In this copy, Section Four does not appear to have a heading.
Commentary on Section One (Explanation of the First Art, ff. 5v-55r);
Commentary on Section Two (Explanation of the Second Art, ff. 55v-104r);
Commentary on Section Three (Explanation of the Third Art, ff. 104v-?);
Commentary on Section Four (Explanation of the Fourth Art, ff. ?-242r).
Begins (f. 5v, lines 2-4):
Praise be to God, who created abstract intellectual essences and invented from them tabled astronomical bodies, and created a difference of opinion.
Its conditions, the world of the universe, corruption, and the types of births according to ability and readiness are derived from the justice of the rituals
In quantities and qualities, a person’s mood is moderated from all mixtures and compounds. Glory be to Him who bestows His blessings.
Ends (f. 242r, lines 1-5):
May God forgive me and them and thank them for their efforts, thank those who seek righteousness and call for success, and praise be to God who has guided us.
With this, we would not have been guided had God not guided us. Hamad Al-Wafi has given us more blessings and matched His great oath, and may blessings and peace be upon those who
He is the fairest of people in temperament, the best in mixing, the most complete in knowledge, and the strongest in religion, Muhammad al-Mustafa, may God bless him and grant him peace.
For his bounty and reward for his knowledge and wisdom, and upon his family, companions, and followers, and may he receive eternal and abundant peace
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 242r, lines 5-17):
I agreed to edit this blessed copy while I left my father
My country, my friends, and my loved ones, and I was busy reading it at home
Sultan Herat, may God Almighty protect her from pests
It was completed on Thursday, the first of Jumada II
In the year eight hundred and forty-third, I am a slave
The despicable one, hoping for knowledge of the expert, Ibn Muhammad
Amir Al-Katibi Al-Qazwini, may God guide him
The road made him taste the heat of investigation
O Lord, reach every stranger
To his homeland with
Objectives and wishes
By your mercy, O Most Merciful
The merciful
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Editions of the text commented upon:
Ibn al-Nafīs, ʿAlī ibn Abī al-Ḥazm,
al-Mūjiz fī al-ṭibb
(al-Qāhirah: Wizārat al-Awqāf, 1986)
Ibn al-Nafīs, ʿAlī ibn Abī al-Ḥazm,
Kitāb mūjiz al-qānūn
(Calcutta: The Education Press, 1828)
Studies:
Fancy, Nahyan, 'Medical Commentaries: A Preliminary Examination of Ibn al-Nafīs’s Shurūḥ, the Mūjaz and Commentaries on the Mūjaz'
Oriens
41 (2013) 525-545
Iskandar, A.Z.,
A Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library
(London: The Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 1967), p. 54
